Ignite Portland is a continuation of the first Ignite-branded event held in Portland. It was originally hosted by Legion of Tech, and Stumptown Syndicate kept the Ignite Portland flame burning when Legion of Tech ceased its programs in 2011. The Stumptown Syndicate Code of Conduct applies to Ignite Portland, is it does to all of our events.

The current planning committee for Ignite Portland includes: Sherri Koehler, Reid Beels, J-P Voilleque, Lucas Charles, Alicia Nagel, and Steve Lewis. To our knowledge, there is no overlap between the current organizers of Ignite Portland and that of Ignite Bridgetown, or the Ignite event that TAO is hosting.

Ignite Portland 13 is scheduled for April 8th (RSVP) and we’re currently accepting proposals through February 22nd.

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Got a burning idea that you want to share with Portland? Well, we’d like to help you with that! We’re really excited to announce that you can join us on April 8, 2015, for Ignite Portland 13 held at the historic Hollywood Theater.

Ignite Portland is an exciting, fast-paced, night of presentations where people can share their passions and burning ideas. The rules are fairly simple: 20 sides x 15 seconds per slide (auto-advancing) = 5 minutes of awesome. Presentations can be on nearly any topic, so long as they can teach, enlighten, or inspire us. Some examples from past Ignite Portland talks can be found in our video archive!

Talk proposals for Ignite Portland 13 are already open! We’re looking for speakers and we’d love to hear from you. The submission deadline is 11:59PM on February 22, 2015, so submit your idea today!

Need some inspiration for you IP13 talk? Check out the video from Ignite Portland 12 on the Stumptown Syndicate channel. We’re really grateful to brytCAST for their sponsorship and support of Ignite Portland!

Thanks to everyone who submitted proposals! We had a great crop of talks to choose from and had to make some hard decisions. If your talk wasn’t selected, you can always submit it again for Ignite Portland 13. We always need burning ideas and, with competition like this, your talk could be up there next time!

Like what you see? Please RSVP today! Admission is still first-come-first-served, with early entrance granted to folks who bring non-perishable food items for Oregon Food Bank, but the RSVPs really help us plan for attendence numbers.

Want to get recognition in front of our savvy Ignite audience? We’re still looking for a few great sponsors to help us keep Ignite Portland free and amazing. You can find all the details over on our sponsorship page.

For the others looking to help out, there is always room for more hands-on volunteers on the night of the event. If this sounds like your thing, head to our volunteer page and sign-up!

Add your comments as to why you want to see a particular talk and/or speaker.

That’s it! So head on over and provide us your thoughts today so we can make #IP12 an event you can’t wait to be at.

Speaking of attending #IP12, take a moment to RSVP. With our change in venue it will be helpful for us to know how many people are planning to come. Ignite Portland is still free, but you can be part of putting it on by making a contribution when you submit your RSVP.